Canrobert
François Certain
[frahn-swa ser-tan] /frɑ̃ˈswa sɛrˈtɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1809–95, French marshal.
Historical Examples
The British Expedition to the Crimea William Howard Russell
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places Archibald Forbes
My Double Life Sarah Bernhardt
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 Various
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Adam Gurowski
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Adam Gurowski
An Englishman in Paris Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume I (of II) Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
The British Expedition to the Crimea William Howard Russell
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